People answering are ignoring the itms:// part of your question and assuming you're referring to normal iTunes links. Those are two different types of links. See my answer for a direct response to your question.
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Michael KhaliliJun 24 at 1:48

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You should first subscribe to the Podcast using iTunes, then open your iTunes library.

If you go to your Podcasts listing in your iTunes library, you will see a list of the Podcasts you subscribe to. Right-click on the Podcast you want to copy the URL of and select "Copy Podcast URL". This will copy the URL to the RSS feed of the Podcast into your clipboard. You can then paste that link into whatever other application you are using.

Thanks for the hint. Is there a possibility without using iTunes?
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guerdaDec 7 '09 at 7:30

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I have not found a way to get the feed URL without using iTunes (and assuming the site doesn't publish the feed URL anywhere). Often it's so time-consuming to search/guess at what the URL would be that it's easier to just open up iTunes and do it that way. I sympathize with the desire to bypass iTunes entirely and will watch this thread to see if anyone comes up with a way to do that.
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shawnrDec 11 '09 at 21:01

Thanks for your research. I will post my information too, if I found sth new.
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guerdaDec 16 '09 at 10:16

Is Apple literally trying to break the web!?
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HaveAGuessMar 16 at 22:41

This answer is not addressing the issue with ITMS links. It seems everyone is confused about what those links are and assuming those are normal iTunes links. They're not. See my answer for the correct response to the original question.
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Michael KhaliliJun 24 at 1:46

I believe all the existing answers are mistaken. The itms protocol is used when a podcast is not listed on iTunes at all. It's used as a shortcut to subscribe a regular RSS feed that isn't on iTunes. It's a way to allow someone to subscribe to iTunes without having the feed listed in the directory.

It works simply by replacing the http:// protocol prefix of an RSS feed URL with itms:// So, if you'd like to get the regular RSS feed of a show that's linking to itms, just replace the itms with http.

However, you can subscribe to the RSS feed directly by replacing the http in the RSS feed url with ITMS like so itms://www.keithandthegirl.com/rss (SE won't let me make that link clickable but you get the idea)

So, now you see that ITMS and HTTP are interchangeable. Whenever you encounter an ITMS link, just replace it with HTTP.

Doesn't work for me. Simply sends me back to the iTunes page from which I got the original ITMSS link. @Gino's solution, however, works fine. It gives me a URL I can put into my RSS feed reader and forget about.
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GeorgeMay 3 at 8:13

Great but @Gino is answering a question that wasn't asked. Gino is answering "How do I get the RSS link from a typical iTunes podcast link?" The original question is related to "ITMS://" links. My answer specifically addresses the original question. Gino addresses a different question related to RSS feeds and iTunes. It has nothing to do with ITMS links.
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Michael KhaliliJun 24 at 1:45